powerd adaptive mode latching

[Stefan Lambrev]

Hi,

This problems is still not fixed in 7.0-RC1

Simon Barner wrote:
>>> Please see kern/114722. The patch from the PR works fine with my
>>> T61 (T7300).
>>>
>>> Funny enough, I contacted re@ to get this into 7.0 only two minutes ago.
>>>
>>> For the archives, the similar bug described in bin/117375 already seems
>>> to be adressed in RELENG_7.
>>>       
>> both pr's are open .. and
>>
>> releng_7 and head are both at v 1.26 of acpi_perf.c
>>
>> so, no it's not fixed, *anywhere*.  :)
>>     
>
> It's true that both PRs are still open, but:
>
> 1) kern/114722 should fix your problem (CPUFREQ_CMP takes care of almost
>    identical frequencies). Have you already had a chance to verify that?
>   
I can confirm that this patch solves the problem on my HP Compaq 8510w
Can we have this fixed before RC2 ?
> 2) bin/117375 talks about exactly identical frequencies, which should be
>    handled by acpi_perf.c (1.26, line 303-306). However, the reporter
>    (Cc'ed) of that PR runs FreeBSD 6.2-p8 which already contains the
>    removal of duplicate entries (MFC from acpi_perf.c 1.24).
>
>    @Benjamin Lutz: Could you please check if the problem still exists, and
>    if so, whether the patch from kern/114722 fixes it?
>
>   

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Best Wishes,
Stefan Lambrev
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